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    Below Is An Email I Received From An Engine Reman Guy, I Scoff

    I didn't realize, but that makes sense. That was one of the reasons I didn't want to upgrade the injectors.. I assumed I would need a new MAM too.. Well, I guess I still do, unless I want to get into a tune. Well, I know it can adjust timing and I thought had an impact on the A/F mix. I...
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    Below Is An Email I Received From An Engine Reman Guy, I Scoff

    I do have a pro-m, but calibrated to the stock injectors. The car sat for 10 year in my garage prior to the new engine.. and my confidence in the original injectors is not high. So, yes.. That is something I was looking at. I'm just at this point, where I am not certain I want to spend much...
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    Below Is An Email I Received From An Engine Reman Guy, I Scoff

    It's not "a must".. and I certainly haven't done it.. But i have read that the E303 cam will respond well to a new tune and help the idle. The cam in the ATK engine, is basically an E303. I have a slightly rough idle.. and I am running lean with my set up.. so I doubt it would hurt. I was...
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    Below Is An Email I Received From An Engine Reman Guy, I Scoff

    Should go really nice with that cam and intake (I have the same intake). I just drive a lot on the highway right now, so didn't do it. I enjoy the 20 MPG I've been getting. One day...
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    Below Is An Email I Received From An Engine Reman Guy, I Scoff

    I am running lean. I can smell it and the plugs are a little white. I will have to upgrade my fuel delivery. Even with that, the car is quick with this engine even with the 273s still in. You can feel it pick up nicely at higher RPM, so I am sure it runs far nicer with the 373s you have...
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    Blown Head Gasket? Air In The System?

    I drained and flushed the radiator put in a new 180 thermostat and refilled with water. The temp needle is right in the middle (very slightly higher or lower), the rad cap is getting warm and the radiator seems to be warming up consistently... Not sure if draining the radiator got rid of an...
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    Blown Head Gasket? Air In The System?

    Thanks again. Just purchased the filler kit and should have in a week or so. Air bubble makes the most sense... Seems to be such a coincidence that it all started with simply removing the temperature sensor and coolant blowing out of the overfill for it to be thermostat or something else.
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    Blown Head Gasket? Air In The System?

    Thanks. Air in the system makes a lot of sense. I did fill through the hole (overfilled actually) of the temp sending unit, as you previously suggested. Could this still be an issue? This is one stubborn air bubble if so. I was thinking of removing the thermostat and driving without to...
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    Blown Head Gasket? Air In The System?

    Well, I don't want to bring it in... so, I rented a block tester from autozone, and I apparently don't have a bad head gasket... At least not one leaking exhaust gasses into the cooling system. New temp sensor shows that when idling, the temp is nearly normal (in the middle). When driving...
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    Blown Head Gasket? Air In The System?

    Well, Since I was going to take the temp sender out to apply new teflon tape, I figured i'd try a new sender... This one is showing the temp higher than the middle, up towards the "o" in normal. Every so often it will drop to the top of the "r" but it's fairly consistent. This makes more sense...
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    Blown Head Gasket? Air In The System?

    I did that previously, and didn't smell any fuel and the vac line was holding pressure. I also hooked up a fuel pressure gauge, and it seemed ok.. Maybe a little higher (41/42, as I recall) with the FPR disconnected but was right in line with it connected... So, FPR is probably not the issue...
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    Blown Head Gasket? Air In The System?

    You have a good point and I will replace when I take it off tomorrow - but it's not particularly old tape. The only codes I have are 44 and 94, which was thermactor and air pump. I am getting some gas in my oil. He thought it was probably the fuel pressure regulator but said it would be a good...
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    Blown Head Gasket? Air In The System?

    Yeah, I'll do that tomorrow. I pulled out the temp sending unit by mistake.. I put it back in once I realized my mistake and reused the original teflon tape... I was meaning to replace the ACT sensor - it was the original unit and my mechanic thought it might have something to do with some...
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    Blown Head Gasket? Air In The System?

    Hmm.. Then I can't figure out how air got in. The only other thing I did was replace the ACT sensor. It's what I meant to replace, when I puled the temp sending unit - oops. Could the ACT sensor cause any of this?
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    Blown Head Gasket? Air In The System?

    Even though the radiator cap doesn't get hot/warm.. I was able to confirm it is holding pressure. Messy, but worth some peace of mind. I pulled a few spark plugs, and they looked new.. So, that seems to be a good sign..
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    Blown Head Gasket? Air In The System?

    A few days ago I took the temperature sending unit off and went to buy a new one. Since I let it sit, I allowed air get into the system. Not realizing, I started the car and coolant poured out out the overflow. I then ran the car with the cap off and the front end jacked up... the expected...
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    Fox Changes

    I did that a long time ago in my old GT.. Just used some of the dryer venting - the silver stuff. I only did it from one of the fog lights, though.
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    Help! Sos!locked Keys In Car No Power Locks

    I've done it once in my old Ranger and once in my old Stang... Both times I just pulled the window out as far as possible from the top, grabbed something to place in the crack to hold it open, then went reaching in. Sure, it scraped up my arm and hurt for a couple of days, but I got in.
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    Below Is An Email I Received From An Engine Reman Guy, I Scoff

    So, I purchased one of those GTECH computers pretty cheap and took it out - I realize it's not official, but I hear they are pretty good. According to that, the car ran 15.5 at 92.5 MPH - this was with wet, cold roads (melted snow) so traction on the launch was horrible. That will definitely...